diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/sql.py b/examples/src/main/python/sql.py
index eefa022f1927c..d2c5ca48c6cb8 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/sql.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/sql.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     # A JSON dataset is pointed to by path.
     # The path can be either a single text file or a directory storing text files.
-    path = os.environ['SPARK_HOME'] + "examples/src/main/resources/people.json"
+    path = os.path.join(os.environ['SPARK_HOME'], "examples/src/main/resources/people.json")
     # Create a SchemaRDD from the file(s) pointed to by path
     people = sqlContext.jsonFile(path)
     # root